Open Rank Position (Tenured/Tenure Track) for Clinician Scientist in Alzheimerâs Disease
Open Rank Position (Tenured/Tenure Track) for Clinician Scientist in Alzheimerâs Disease
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Open Rank Position (Tenured/Tenure Track) for Clinician Scientist in Alzheimers Disease
at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
We seek an applicant with an M.D. and an established record of publications funding and experience in clinical trials and clinical research in Alzheimers disease and related disorders for a tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Associate or Full Professor). U.S. licensed candidates with relevant experience in Alzheimers disease and related disorders from all clinical specialty areas will be considered (i.e. Geriatrics Neurology or Psychiatry).
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) has designated Alzheimers disease as one of six prioritized research focus areas which also include Aging Neurosciences Diabetes/Obesity Cardiovascular Disease and Health Equity. Wake Forest University School of Medicine is home to several highly collaborative NIH-funded Centers including an Alzheimers Disease Research Center Pepper Older Adult Independence Center and a Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
About Us
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium/Advocate Healthhavecome together as ONE leading academic health system. WFUSM is the academic heart of the health system which serves 5.5 million patients and operates more than 1000 sites of care and 67 hospitals in five states. As the third largest not-for-profit health system in the nation we provide extraordinary opportunities for population-based/health systems research and clinical/pragmatic trials that translate innovative findings from discovery science and that embed equity in all that we National Center for Clinical Trials (NCCT) is designed to serve as an innovative platform to revolutionize and catalyze the conduct of clinical trialsgreatly accelerating the translation of scientific findings into improvements in the prevention diagnosis and treatment of disease for our communities and patients. The NCCT will offer core services for patient recruitment and enrollment trial administration and follow-up and to gather real world data and evidence.
We seek to transform translational research from bench to bedside to community pioneer new models of education and provide unparalleled opportunities to advance knowledge about aging and Alzheimers disease that will result in innovative strategies for prevention and treatment and improve care for all.
The successful candidate will have the extraordinary opportunity to lead efforts focused on expanding the reach of the existing successful national Alzheimers clinical trials program at WFUSM throughout the Atrium/Advocate health system in collaboration with our NCCT. The candidate will also play a leadership role in clinical research conducted by the WFUSM NIH-funded Alzheimers Disease Research Center of Excellence one of only 35 such Centers creating an immediate connection to Alzheimers programs at premier academic institutions across the nation. Generous dedicated research time and resources will be provided to ensure the candidates success.
For more information contact Suzanne Craft PhD ().
Applications may be submitted to: WFUSOM-1 Pay Range Our CommitmenttoYou: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including: Compensation Benefits and more About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
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